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–noun, plural (especially collectively

) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species

) -fish·es.

1.	a predaceous, marine, bluish or greenish food fish, Pomatomus saltatrix, inhabiting Atlantic coastal waters of North and South America.

2.	any of various fishes, usually of a bluish color.

[Origin: 1615–25, Americanism; blue + fish

]

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n. pl. bluefish or blue·fish·es

A voracious food and game fish (Pomatomus saltatrix) of temperate and tropical waters of the Atlantic and Indian oceans.
Any of various fishes that are predominantly blue, such as the pollack.

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bluefish
noun
1.	bluish warm-water marine food and game fish that follow schools of small fishes into shallow waters
2.	fatty bluish flesh of bluefish

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Bluefish

Blue"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) 1. A large voracious fish (Pomatomus saitatrix), of the family Carangid[ae], valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and Rhode Island coast it is called the horse mackerel, in Virginia saltwater tailor, or skipjack.

2. A West Indian fish (Platyglossus radiatus), of the family Labrid[ae].

Note: The name is applied locally to other species of fishes; as the cunner, sea bass, squeteague, etc.

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